Introducing the Knowledge Graph: things, not strings — Search is a lot about discovery—the basic human need to learn and broaden your horizons. But searching still requires a lot of hard work by you, the user. So today I'm really excited to launch the Knowledge Graph …

A Facebook Co-Founder Reflects on the Path Forward — Eduardo Saverin can escape the United States, but he can't slip Facebook. — “Everything I do in my personal life, in my professional life, it's completely there,” said Mr. Saverin, a Facebook co-founder, in his first major interview.

Netflix launches sexy new web-based video player — Netflix just rolled out a completely revamped video player for browser-based viewing, and I gotta say, it's pretty slick: Not only does it come with lightbox-like text overlays while a video is paused, users can also preview entire seasons …

Facebook's latest filing: Insiders are cashing in — Facebook today revealed that it will have more shares than expected available to investors when it goes public on Friday. But the social network won't be the one cashing in on it. — Facebook will now offer up to 484.4 million shares …

Retina MacBook screens: Already here — and pricey — A pixelated MacBook screen. — (Credit: CNET) — Apple is said to be on the verge of rolling out new high-resolution displays for its computers that, up until now, have only been available on its iPhones and iPads.

Google launches Schemer app for the iPhone — Google's social team has had a lot of love for iOS lately: Just days after rolling out a revamped iPhone app for Google+, the company now released an iOS app for its social activity service Schemer. The app mimics Schemer's Android app in form …

Say hello to the real real-time Web — It's not just a buzzword, but a technological shift—the instantly accessible Web. — Real-time technologies are making Web apps faster—and in some cases, indistinguishable from desktop apps. — Garret Voight — It started with a simple idea …

Facebook rolling out new “Pages Manager” app for iPhone — Facebook has just broken out another feature of their main app and released Pages Manager for the iPhone. The app appears to function just like the main Facebook app, but with all of the features dedicated to fan pages.

The Rise of Europe's Private Internet Police — Activists are fighting to rein them in. — In 2005, Peter Mahnke, a resident of the English town of St. Margaret's, Middlesex, set up a community website. For the past seven years, he and a handful of local volunteers have been publishing regular updates …

Pirate Bay Under DDoS Attack From Unknown Enemy — Although Pirate Bay downtime happens a handful of times each month, it rarely persists for more than a few hours. When it goes beyond that the steady flow of reader emails to TorrentFreak quickly transforms itself into a torrent.

Rocket caught copying Fab code in Nigerian push — In recent days, Berlin clone factory Rocket Internet has had a register-your-interest page up for its new Nigerian site, Sabunta. It's a clothing store and, once launched, it will probably look like Rocket's many other Zappos clones.